Change 10/12

[DolphinBlue]

...there are two entirely opposite attitudes possible in facing the problems of one's life. One, to try and change the external world, the other, to try and change oneself.
-Joanna Field

God grant us the courage to change what we can--ourselves. How difficult it is to let go of our struggles to control and change someone else. How frequently we assume that everything would be fine if only somone else would change. All that needs to change is an attitude, our own.

Taking responsibility for improving one's own life is an important step toward emotional health. Blaming another for our circumstances keeps us stuck and offers no hope for improved conditions. Personal power is as available as our decision to use it. And it is bolstered by all the strength we'll ever need. The decision to take our lives in hand will exhilarate us. The decision each day to be thoughtful, prayerful, and wholly responsible for all that we do will nourish our developing selves. Each responsible choice moves us toward our wholeness, strengthening our sense of self, our well-being.

I will change only who I can today: myself.

From the book: "Each Day a New Beginning - Daily Meditations for Women"

[SkyIsFalling42]

My great grandmother always said "you cant make a silk purse out of a sows ear". I think this was her way of saying the same thing. I tried so hard to change my first husband, and years later my daughter. It cannot be done..but we can change us and that is a blessing.

[Paulie]

The decision each day to be thoughtful, prayerful, and wholly responsible for all that we do will nourish our developing selves. Each responsible choice moves us toward our wholeness, strengthening our sense of self, our well-being

I just love that.

[californiacarla]

A concept I am just learning. Thank you for the post, it's going in my book....

[BLJ]

Hey Thanks for the post---

I always say, if I could have changed myself before I got to the tables I would have!!! I tried many times to stop drinking, to be this, to be that, yada yada yada...the list goes on and on. Once I got here and I started working the steps, I started picking up the tools of the program, change started happening....little by little...
when in similiar situations that used to just make me respond in an unkind way but now I saw I was responding in a whole new way...I realized I was changing. For that I am very thankful and have so much gratitude that I am so NOT the person I was years ago. I thank God for that and for the program that has given new life.